Last week, Joly announced the appointments of five new board members including Shopify executive Harley Finkelstein, former Quebecor chief financial officer Francois R. Roy, and Marie Wilson, a former journalist and one of three commissioners for the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada.

Simon Ross, a spokesman for Joly's office, said the government is giving its advisory panel "the time it needs to work" as the search for Lacroix's successor continues.